What is a Transition Initiative?A Transition Initiative (which could be a town, village, university or island, etc.) is 1. a joyful relocalization of a region, getting to know neighbors and supporting each other in becoming the different pieces of a vibrant community

2. a community-led response to the pressures of climate change, fossil-fuel depletion and increasingly, economic contraction. There are thousands of initiatives around the world starting their journey to answer this crucial question:

"how can we make our community stronger and happier as we deal with the impacts of peak oil and economic contraction while at the same time urgently reducing CO2 emissions?"

from the transitionnetwork.org

"We need an economy that asks questions other than "How can I make it bigger?" The two key additional questions: "How can the economy make us more satisfied with our lives?" and, in an age of ecological peril, "How can the economy assure some durability for our communities?" Bill McKibben - author of Deep Economy --